No. 4 UMass Remains Undefeated, Beating Kent State 7-0 For Fourth Straight Shutout

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Massachusetts	1	4	2	0	7
Kent St.	0	0	0	0	0

Massachusetts

Kent St.

KENT, Ohio – The No. 4 UMass field hockey team exploded for six goals in the span of 18:07 bridging the second and third quarters, on the way to a convincing 7-0 MAC win at Kent State on Friday afternoon. Six different goal scorers accounted for the Minutewomen's seven goals while defensively, UMass allowed just one shot all afternoon to improve to 9-0 on the season and 2-0 in the MAC.

Isla Campbell led the offense with her first-career multi-goal game, scoring UMass' first and third goals of the afternoon. The others were scored by Kristy Leonard, Emily Barrett, Sophie Kent, Niamh McKenzie and Lina Kroeger.

UMass now has four straight shutouts, outscoring its opponents 32-0 in that span, while allowing just 15 shots and nine shots over the four games.

The Minutewomen began Friday with a 9-0 first-quarter edge in shots, with one finding the back of the net. Campbell scored her first of the afternoon at the 6:53 mark, burying a rebound.

Less than a minute into the second, Chiara Curcio played a terrific aerial to Leonard, who made a move into the circle. Her first shot was blocked, but she immediately put home the rebound for a 2-0 lead at 15:51.

Kristy Leonard scores for a third straight game and it's 2-0 in the second!

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Midway through the second quarter, Campbell scored her second goal, starting a stretch of three UMass goals in the span of 2:43. After Campbell's goal at the 22:33 mark, Barrett scored her sixth of the season just 33 seconds later. Barrett took a great feed from Kent and carried into the circle before unleashing a hard reverse into the corner of the goal, giving UMass a 4-0 advantage.

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— UMass Field Hockey (@UMassFH) September 25, 2026

Just 1:50 after Barrett's marker, Kent scored her first goal of the season near the post, off a feed from Leonard. That gave the Minutewomen a 5-0 halftime lead.

It took just 1:27 into the third for UMass to add insurance as Elani Sherwood centered to McKenzie, who made a deflection past Kent State goalkeeper Michaela Skinner for a 6-0 lead.

Only 2:31 later, UMass earned a penalty stroke after a Minutewomen corner was stopped by a Golden Flashes defender with her body. Kroeger went on to convert the opportunity, her second of the season for a 7-0 lead at 33:58.

That marked the game's final scoring, as the Minutewomen continued to control play. UMass held a 10-0 edge in third-quarter shots and 5-0 advantage in the fourth, on the way to the 7-0 final.

Final shots were 31-1 in favor of UMass, with the Minutewomen holding an 8-1 edge in penalty corners. Over the last three games, UMass has now held its opponent without a shot in eight of the 12 quarters. Rozárie Mrázová finished with one save in the first half before being replaced by Colleen Conlan in the second, who did not face a shot.

The Minutewomen return to action on Sunday for a 1 p.m. showdown at Central Michigan.

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